Package wrapper and package formed therewith



Feb. 20, 1934. M s wm PACKAGE WRAPPER AND PACKAGE FORMED THEREWITI-XFiled Dec, 11 1929 Patented Feb. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES PACKAGE WRAPPERAND PACKAGE FORMED THEREWITH Lester M. Sawin, Chicago, 111.

Application December 11, 1929- Serial No. 413,184 4 2 Claims.

The invention relates generally to packages for confections, nutproducts and other edibles which should be carefully protected againstcontamination and changes in moisture content, but which should be sopackaged that they may be attractively displayed. The attractiveness ofsuch packages and their efiectiveness in promoting sales may be enhancedby providing at least one transparent side in the package, but when sucha package is provided in accordance with past practice it involves acomplicated box structure which increases materially the cost of thecompleted package.

One important object therefore of the present invention is to provide anew and improved package of this character, arranged to attractivelydisplay the contents of the package and of such a character that it maybe economically produced.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved packageformed from comparatively inexpensive material so as to display thecontents of the package and arranged to conceal the space within thepackage which may be formed due to compaction or shrinkage of thecontents.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a'perspective view of a package embodying the invention in itspreferred form.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the wrapper used in forming the package, theview being shown on a reduced scale.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental perspective view showing the back side of thepackage illustrated in Fig. 1, with the edges of the wrapper partiallyfolded.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the package.

While I have shown inthe accompanying drawing and will herein describein detail the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to beunderstood that this disclosure is given for the purpose of illustratingthe invention and is not intended as a limitation of the invention tothe construction disclosed. In the appended claims I aim to cover allmodifications and alternative constructions falling within the scope ofthe invention.

There is at the present time available a thin, flexible, tough,moisture-proof and transparent sheet material formed from cellulose andknown to the trade as Cellophane. This material, which is manufacturedby the Du Pont Company, is particularly adapted for covering andprotecting various edibles and the present invention utilizesthis'material to form an unusually economical and attractive package. Inthe form shown in Fig. 1 the package embodies a flat box 10 which may beformed from cardboard in the well known manner, one side of the boxbeing open as shown in Fig. 1. Such a box forms a rugged container forthe edible to be wrapped, and to close the open face of the box 10 awrapper 11 in the form of a rectangular sheet of Cellophane is employed.

The wrapper 11 is positioned so that it extends across the open face ofthe box 10, and opposite edges 12 and 13 (Fig. 3) are overlapped alongthe closed bottom of box 10, the two edges preferably being securedtogether by means of a suitable adhesive substance. The projecting edges14 and 15 (Figs. 2 and 3) are then folded as illustrated in Figs. 1 and3 to close theend of the package and the outer fold 15 at each end issecured in position by means of a suitable adhesive substance. Ifdesired, a second sheet 11 of Cellophane may be used beneath the wrapper11, the edges of the sheet 11 being overlapped as shown in Figs. 3 and 4so as to be held in position solely by the outer wrapper 11. The use ofsuch a second sheet 11 increases the strength of the package and alsoincreases its resistance to the passage of moisture or dirt.

When edibles such as nuts are placed in a container of this characterthe compaction of the contents, due to handling, may result in theformation of spaces along the top of the package when the package isplaced on its edge for purposes of display. Such spaces create anundesirable impression upon the minds of prospective buyers of thegoods, and means is preferablyprovided to form opaque end caps forconcealing such spaces. This means must be of a simple and inexpensivecharacter and in the preferred form is provided by applying a strip 16of either opaque or translucent coloring matter to the wrapper adjacentto the opposite edges 14 and 15 so as to form a pair of non-transparentpanels thereon. By properly positioning the strips 16, the adjacentedges 17 of the strips 16 may be arranged in the finished package so asto project inwardly from the ends of the box 10 so that when the packageis placed in the upright position shown in Fig. 1 any relatively smallspaces formed in the box due to settling of thecontents will beconcealed by the inwardly extending edge 1'7 01' the upper strip 16.

In addition to concealing the spaces which may be formed near the edgesof the package the end caps formed by the colored strips 16 also serveto provide contrasting ends for the package so as to render the samemore attractive.

The colored strips 16 may be applied economically to the wrappers by aprinting process or the like and in the same operation suitableadvertising matter may be placed on the wrapper. Thus it will beapparent that the invention proyides an unusually economical package andthat the wrapper employed may be used to wrap packages of varyingthicknesses so as to provide contrasting ends thereon. It will also beseen that the wrapper will conceal the spaces which may be formed alongthe sides of the package so as to increase the efiectiveness with whichthe goods are displayed.

I claim as my invention:

1. A package comprising walls forming an open oaders faced box, and atransparent cellulose sheet wrapped about said box to close the openside thereof, said sheet having coloring matter thereon forming a borderon the sheet along two parallel edges of the open side of the box, saidborder being of suficient width to conceal the space which may be formedby compaction of the contents of the box.

2. A package comprising walls forming an open faced box, and atransparent cellulose sheet wrapped about said box to close the openside thereof, said sheet having coloring matter thereon extending alongone edge of the open face of said box and being of sufficient width toconceal the space which may be formed adjacent said edge by compactionof the contents of the box.

LESTER M. SAWIN.

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